Los Angeles, Feb. 14 -- Tea Leoni is making her return to broadcast television and to the multi-camera comedy format with a starring role in NBC's pilot Newlyweds, co-created by Gail Lerner and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Landing Leoni, who had multiple pilot offers, firmed up Newlyweds' green light, which had been cast-contingent, clearing the project for production, as per Deadline.

Written by Gail Lerner, Newlyweds is a later-in-life romantic comedy centered on Jeanie (Tea Leoni), a free-spirited woman who impulsively marries a buttoned-up professor after a whirlwind courtship -- setting the stage for an unexpected and heartfelt new chapter together.

Lerner and Curtis executive produce alongside Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz...